In a highly customised, complex market for bended wire and strip parts assemblies, an ERP system is now aiding a fabricator to efficiently run end-to-end manufacturing planning and execution.
Hohage, in Germany, produces a wide variety of bended wire and steel strip parts for shop displays and decorations. The company's problem was that it was working with isolated, disparate production management systems, which were gradually customised to suit Hohage's needs. Eventually the company found it difficult to efficiently manage end-to-end manufacturing planning.
What Hohage wanted was a management system to suit its 60-man operation, preferably from a supplier with global experience and appreciation of manufacturing problems.
Hohage approached Infor, which supplied an ERP system designed to manage end-to-end manufacturing and monitor, analyse and align key performance indicators with business objectives using one single application for all of Hohage's business units.
Infor's ERP COM now enables Hohage to optimise its entire production planning and management process - from order entry to shipping - while taking requirements for different product variants into account.
Hohage also benefits from COM's marketing support.
Now Hohage can provide their customers personalised information or customised pricing based on customer history and purchase quantities.
“'We have been impressed by Infor's know-how in the manufacturing industry,” said Johannes Kleinschnittger, executive associate at Hohage.
“We appreciate the flexibility Infor provides us through its end-to-end solution. As we are now able to run individual analyses, drilling down to variant level, we gain absolute process transparency in manufacturing planning, management and logistics.”
Hermann Stehlik, vice president for marketing, EMEA, for Infor, said 'Hohage's legacy system was customised again and again to meet the needs in variant manufacturing.
“Infor was able to provide Hohage with a solution with deep domain experience already built in,” says Stehlik. “With business-specific functionality that addresses the requirements of manufacturers, Infor's industry-leading solutions decrease deployment time and deliver lower total cost of ownership.”
Infor ERP COM is an integrated ERP software that brings together a wide variety of business functions in a scalable, multi-language, open-systems platform for manufacturers in automotive, metal and plastics fabrication, electronics, and industrial equipment and machinery.
Based on Infor's solid domain expertise in manufacturing, COM is today a leading solution providing manufacturers with flexible business operations support across all departments including finance.
